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  • Cow & calf in mud on a Southland intensive winter grazing farm. Photograph captured by Matt Coffey in Winter 2021
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Luxon rolling in the mud with Fed Farmers lobbyists

    Greenpeace says Luxon “rolling in mud” with pro-pollution Federated Farmers after anti-nature Resource Management Freshwater Amendment Bill passes into law.

    Will Appelbe
    24 October 2024
  • Aerial view of the Ashburton River North Branch, CC BY-SA 4.0
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Luxon strips local governments’ power to protect fresh water 

    Greenpeace says the Government’s move to remove local government power to protect fresh water is an underhanded overreach that undermines democracy and puts vital fresh water at risk.

    Sinéad O'Flynn
    22 October 2024
  • Rangiora nitrate testing event
    Press release
    Freshwater Health

    Greenpeace raises alarm over looming public health crisis in Canterbury

    Greenpeace is again raising the alarm over what it has labelled a ‘public health crisis’  in Canterbury after high nitrate levels found in drinking water supplies.

    Will Appelbe
    21 October 2024
  • cows in a field looking down at the camera
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Federated Farmers “throwing their toys out of the cot” over freshwater protections

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is wading in on the beef between Fish & Game Southland and Federated Farmers.

    Will Appelbe
    17 October 2024
  • Nitrate contamination water testing in Darfield, Canterbury
    Press release
    Freshwater

    Public meeting organised to protect Canterbury water from fast-track pollution 

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is hosting a public meeting in Rangiora this Saturday to mobilise efforts to protect water quality in the region.

    Will Appelbe
    17 October 2024
  • Nitrates in drinking water
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Greenpeace condemns rapid removal of freshwater protections by Government

    Greenpeace is slamming the Government for proceeding with a controversial bill to strip back freshwater protections, which passed its second reading late last night.

    Will Appelbe
    16 October 2024
  • Press release
    Freshwater

    Public meeting on drinking water nitrate to be held in Rangiora

    Greenpeace has announced that it will be holding a public meeting in Rangiora on the 19th of October to discuss nitrate contamination of drinking water.

    Will Appelbe
    2 October 2024
  • A giant Cancer Fertiliser Banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki, New Zealand. The banner reads: CANCER FERTILISER - CUT SYNTHETIC NITROGEN. © Greenpeace / Ben Sarten
    Press release
    Freshwater

    Freshwater protections up sh*t creek without a paddle under Luxon’s Government

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is concerned that freshwater protections are ‘up sh*t creek without a paddle’ under the Christopher Luxon government.

    Will Appelbe
    30 September 2024
  • Story
    Freshwater

    BRIEFING: Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    Many communities across Canterbury are facing increasingly difficult decisions as nitrate pollution of drinking water sources worsens. Some water supplies in the region have already breached drinking water standards for…

    Marnie Prickett, Adam Canning, Tim Chambers, Michael Baker & Simon Hales
    27 September 2024
    6 min read
  • Press release
    Freshwater

    State of New Zealand’s waters worsening as Luxon barges ahead with reckless plan to strip freshwater protections

    Greenpeace Aotearoa says announcement that the state of New Zealand rivers is worsening should indicate the need for more protection for fresh water – not less.

    Will Appelbe
    23 September 2024
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